New to the Lou: Let’s Go Teleo

Be care­ful, you might miss it! Teleo Cof­fee lo­cated on a side street in Kirk­wood, Mis­souri, feels like home. Lit­er­ally. This cof­fee shop ap­pears as a home on the ex­te­rior- but lo­tus, cof­fee, pas­tries, and mer­chan­dise await the passer­by’s in­side!

They say each small sub­sec­tion of St. Louis can truly feel like a whole new city, and Kirk­wood is un­like any other ar­ray of sub­urbs I’ve been to in my ex­pe­ri­ence liv­ing in St. Louis. 

It’s a town that feels like its one from the movies. No wor­ries or crime here, just whole­some dads keep­ing their yards spiff and span, and mid­dle school­ers rid­ing bikes around the block. When I pulled up to Teleo Cof­fee, I felt peace.

What orig­i­nally brought my room­mates and I to Kirk­wood was a flo­ral busi­ness, Rudy’s Flower Truck (@rudys­flow­ertruck on In­sta­gram). They make their ap­pear­ance out­side of Teleo Cof­fee every Sat­ur­day and Sun­day. But, what bet­ter ac­com­pa­nies a fresh bou­quet than a cof­fee? 

Teleo was hus­tling and bustling with a week­end rush, but we still made it through the line in a timely fash­ion. I chose to go with a lemon rasp­berry scone, which was de­light­ful. 

My roomie and home­girl Jor­dan Bod­den tried the May Flow­ers lo­tus en­ergy drink which was made up of laven­der syrup, made in house, com­bined with pur­ple lo­tus con­cen­trate. Jor­dan says that “Teleo is def­i­nitely a per­fect spot for home­work with friends”. 

Equipped with out­door seat­ing, heated and cooled might I add, in­door seat­ing, up­stairs seat­ing, (if el­e­vated sur­faces are more your thing), and Wi-Fi, Teleo could make the per­fect study date. Over­all, Jor­dan says Teleo just “had re­ally fun vibes”. 

My other roomie and team­mate, Lau­ren Dick­hut, branched out and gave Teleo’s, “April Show­ers” lo­tus en­ergy drink a whirl, which is a com­bi­na­tion of white cran­berry-peach juice, lemon­ade and co­conut milk, blue cu­ra­cao syrup and blue lo­tus con­cen­trate.

Lau­ren says that she, “would love to go back for cof­fee, food, or the flower truck, since it’s there of­ten!” 

Teleo was like a breath of fresh air, kind of the way Lau­ren’s April Show­ers looks above! An­other visit to Teleo is sim­ply call­ing my name. Of course, you can’t try it all in one visit!

If you would like to ex­plore Teleo Cof­fee’s menu or plan your next visit, you can view their web­site here.